PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Laoreet possim dolore kasd nostrud. Elitr dolores facilisis sed at sit rebum. Quis dolore esse takimata vero consetetur justo ipsum facilisis at gubergren nonumy feugait takimata consetetur consequat. Cum dolor diam tempor commodo nam et sed lorem sed voluptua dolor. Kasd sit molestie rebum ut nonumy ipsum sit.
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Sample Output H3
Ullamcorper et ipsum ea. Amet amet vulputate nonumy lorem velit sed vel voluptua vero sit. Dolor amet accumsan accusam eu amet gubergren invidunt dolor labore lorem. Tempor te esse. Velit invidunt sea.
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Sample Output H4
Feugiat molestie gubergren voluptua tation dolor sed eirmod sit tincidunt diam lorem dolor. Et duo ut facer elitr duis. Amet et eos labore at lorem sit nulla. Sed sadipscing takimata invidunt sadipscing sadipscing takimata elitr sed kasd. Hendrerit lobortis in ut possim et est sed tempor et elitr vero et diam erat gubergren erat ut.
Eos eros ut delenit invidunt feugiat ea ut erat clita dolore dolor magna suscipit diam gubergren. Vero augue elitr diam diam sadipscing eirmod invidunt blandit nonumy. Autem et quis duis ut amet ea stet. Aliquyam nonumy vero dolor qui amet voluptua iusto delenit sadipscing stet dolor duo vel est rebum no. Nonummy et erat duis dolor eros gubergren invidunt duis dolores clita tempor invidunt tempor kasd. Ut ut lorem nostrud tempor magna sit et facer laoreet gubergren et aliquyam lorem nulla. Et quod iusto commodo stet esse odio dolore sea sed.
Sample Output H4
Ullamcorper kasd takimata dolore magna ad sit justo sadipscing et consetetur lorem consectetuer dolor eos no sit kasd takimata. Sea amet volutpat veniam eu stet vero dolores eos facilisi sit at dolor elitr sed sed. Autem justo ipsum at nonumy elitr. Congue eos et adipiscing stet at ea magna eros. Ut lorem sea ea sed dolor consetetur erat accusam consequat et labore ut ipsum eos veniam voluptua. Sadipscing sea dolores tempor justo eirmod clita gubergren sit facilisi odio. In accusam ipsum est et at et in et sit. Amet erat in ad rebum ipsum amet. Sit sit illum tempor enim voluptua ipsum dolor clita dolor ipsum.
Euismod dolore erat sit dolore. Rebum erat accusam liber diam elitr accusam. Duo augue nonumy duis odio volutpat amet ut dolores kasd praesent ipsum nulla in erat ut tempor ipsum. Sit in et kasd invidunt et elitr ipsum magna nulla dolore. Amet duis ipsum erat dolores magna. Aliquyam ut hendrerit est justo duo erat erat dolore. Aliquip lorem aliquam stet duis lorem commodo volutpat et cum dolore facilisis laoreet stet. Vel consetetur accusam takimata voluptua stet dolore est sit et amet no eu autem sadipscing facilisi molestie gubergren. Delenit diam nulla sanctus lorem elitr.
Sample Output H3
Dolor sit volutpat dolor dolor sed et elit mazim et et takimata placerat et. Duo diam consequat kasd justo eirmod diam kasd aliquyam qui dolore amet stet. Nonumy diam duis ut lobortis consequat tincidunt feugiat et elit magna magna lorem amet ut eleifend ipsum. Ut gubergren minim ea et magna dolor nonumy accusam molestie vero et justo at ipsum. Lobortis amet facer commodo tempor facilisi et accusam esse et. Tempor nonumy diam voluptua veniam et. Dolor ipsum iriure nulla eos erat voluptua et clita sadipscing et est. Ipsum sed ut ea nisl gubergren invidunt labore et eirmod elitr eros dolor dolores magna. Sadipscing tation gubergren ea sadipscing est sit ipsum kasd sed.
Accusam amet enim sit illum amet sanctus sadipscing duo eum dolor aliquip veniam. Et ea lobortis dolore est labore sed amet erat qui wisi ut voluptua kasd diam. Cum voluptua eirmod diam dolor at placerat sit voluptua. Eos odio sit ipsum dolores diam labore vel et. Clita erat ut tempor est. Dolor kasd option kasd rebum sit kasd nulla diam kasd ad diam. Sit iriure no. Diam clita nisl gubergren accusam. At dolor dolore dolore sed rebum vulputate erat. Ut sed lorem eum wisi et ut diam eos mazim et illum iriure consetetur velit suscipit stet. Et et tation volutpat nonumy ut sea vero diam sadipscing eu elitr sed accusam facilisis ut sanctus est ipsum.
Sample Output H4
Sed lorem ut aliquyam. Amet justo et te autem diam clita. Dolores labore exerci lorem amet elitr aliquam at in et clita dolore rebum erat diam at nonumy. Sea commodo gubergren dolore eu euismod vulputate ipsum takimata. Invidunt nonummy sit odio aliquyam justo ex at sea takimata vulputate sanctus eos dignissim et vel facilisi. Dolore dolore aliquyam takimata accusam rebum vulputate aliquyam. Volutpat sadipscing dolore diam justo ut sit dolores stet sit lorem justo quis rebum dolore duo ad dolore.
Tation lorem magna labore vero amet vero sadipscing dolores. Dolore dolor et et et commodo. Stet ea accusam tation cum ipsum aliquip sit consequat et justo dolor nonumy nonumy et invidunt vel duis consequat. Lorem dolor dignissim consetetur elitr wisi nonumy rebum eos ut erat aliquyam ipsum elitr justo dolores nulla et ipsum. Lorem et duis ex est amet diam qui. Et dolores lorem magna. Voluptua aliquyam duis doming magna ut magna diam imperdiet sanctus aliquam eirmod. Dolor lorem ea eos enim suscipit takimata diam. Est dolores diam aliquyam et lorem ipsum diam dolor magna wisi dolores et tation.
Sample Output H4
Diam justo sit clita voluptua labore magna duo ad et amet ut in dolor dolore diam est imperdiet vero. Sed ut at dolore diam accusam gubergren ipsum vulputate. Magna dolor et eirmod magna vulputate. Ut consetetur iusto ut magna et amet labore stet duis. In diam stet. Et at sed vero no et et ea takimata dolore lorem et. Ipsum gubergren vero rebum gubergren praesent et ut blandit ullamcorper odio dolor eu justo iriure. Kasd voluptua no elit dolore. Sit feugait labore dolore blandit augue.
Ipsum accusam clita. Justo ipsum eos invidunt dolore kasd elitr. Lorem lorem sea. Voluptua wisi sit et ea et diam accusam aliquam esse stet rebum stet erat ipsum. At ipsum nisl sit eos duo ipsum et odio accumsan gubergren ipsum facilisi. Consequat sadipscing ut kasd nonumy amet invidunt sanctus praesent. Ea sea elitr lorem sed elitr et tempor clita odio facilisis imperdiet ea. Commodo takimata lorem et ut vulputate et elitr commodo ipsum. Justo erat dolor nonumy lorem est justo et amet vel consequat diam est invidunt dolor praesent et. Accusam amet tempor consequat gubergren illum illum ut et velit sadipscing erat elitr euismod consetetur gubergren eirmod clita et. Rebum luptatum amet voluptua et et ipsum magna kasd labore tempor eos consetetur sanctus sed dolor dolor.
More Sample Output H2
Assum voluptua dolor nisl facilisis kasd magna clita accusam et amet dolor invidunt. Vero et laoreet vel sed. Eirmod eu sit feugait dolore commodo et dignissim invidunt dolores elitr sed et suscipit. Takimata esse gubergren wisi et eirmod eu diam eos dolores invidunt dignissim voluptua invidunt. Est sit et dolor et sanctus voluptua eirmod takimata stet placerat doming et ut diam tempor consequat. Enim sit dignissim dolore eirmod enim nonumy. Odio justo quod amet dolore at erat labore.
Justo duo gubergren consetetur feugiat vel volutpat ipsum iriure clita. Sed elitr stet lorem sea nibh justo ea rebum stet consetetur sea facer ut takimata rebum stet. Stet diam elitr voluptua lorem ut diam dolore accusam aliquam takimata sed labore et sed tincidunt ea iriure eum. Eos ipsum option vulputate dolores consequat at kasd et voluptua et justo eos et sed dolores iriure magna. Nostrud nisl placerat feugait duo no et sanctus et aliquyam et qui aliquyam volutpat et sea et duis. Gubergren dolor consetetur consequat. Consetetur gubergren iusto duo illum quis eros dolor justo soluta duo ipsum. Takimata magna erat sed ut sit aliquyam lorem dolor.
Sample Output H3
Dolor enim enim eirmod diam. Sed ipsum ut voluptua minim suscipit molestie lorem magna nonummy eirmod voluptua ea diam amet tempor sadipscing ut et. Magna commodo placerat sanctus dolore et. Et dolores dolores amet eirmod lorem ipsum clita sed volutpat tincidunt laoreet. Quis quod tempor takimata eros praesent et dolor et eu labore. Dolor ea nonumy facilisi clita. Amet consetetur sadipscing eu ipsum rebum adipiscing amet dolor et molestie praesent et amet dolor at dolores. Lorem sit aliquyam consetetur amet aliquyam justo nisl. No et nonumy feugait lorem invidunt eirmod sed.
In diam ut at amet amet dolore sit blandit vero qui invidunt zzril delenit duo. Sit amet assum diam dolor eos wisi ut nibh labore clita et nonummy magna. Te assum iriure mazim amet eros consetetur ex at stet erat. In amet sanctus amet voluptua elitr dolore. Diam accusam lobortis sit eu iusto aliquyam rebum veniam tempor takimata. Tempor amet at gubergren et takimata sit praesent justo ea voluptua rebum volutpat. Elitr diam et ut tempor eirmod ut sed stet vero. Te stet diam est stet elitr sed takimata no erat enim et diam aliquyam et in stet nonumy et.
Sample Output H4
Dolor rebum erat ea facilisis nulla qui justo est rebum lorem. Et consetetur amet sed clita dolore justo ut takimata. Consectetuer dolor et aliquyam lorem et et accusam dolor invidunt eum duis tempor dolore delenit sed labore elit. Eirmod est molestie et nobis sed aliquip at amet amet zzril praesent eros labore. Stet sit erat ea justo invidunt erat dolores clita sea diam ut dolores sit. Lorem est accumsan augue dolor eirmod invidunt aliquyam. Justo erat elitr et ut stet facilisi ut erat et ut eos stet.
Ipsum dolor vulputate et lobortis te et sit erat sed vel no sadipscing. Dolore suscipit kasd et sed diam lorem amet aliquyam dolore elitr dolor est nulla et kasd erat. Dolore aliquyam tation dolores. Aliquyam elitr voluptua justo aliquyam erat at eirmod kasd augue velit dolor consequat. Kasd accusam sadipscing vulputate sea dolor est aliquyam nam suscipit vero qui dolor clita lorem takimata rebum lobortis. Invidunt eu erat ea sea eos dolores stet consetetur zzril et amet aliquyam lobortis aliquam erat odio sed facilisi. Ipsum rebum eirmod vel aliquyam. Clita kasd stet labore lorem lorem ipsum dolore clita voluptua eu takimata ut. Hendrerit ut sed et labore sanctus ea et.
Sample Output H4
Labore sed sed molestie eum et dolores diam feugait luptatum clita. Amet kasd iriure et ipsum lorem sadipscing et sit congue sadipscing sed at sit invidunt. Ipsum amet kasd clita dolore et amet at feugait duis ea sed no vero vel ipsum justo. Ipsum dolores assum eum sea dolores takimata duo vero cum ex. Minim consetetur ut eirmod sed quod ipsum sit vero erat consetetur dolore facilisis et. Invidunt accusam amet dolores diam et odio elit justo delenit sanctus sadipscing consetetur est autem feugait et hendrerit sadipscing. Et et dolor consectetuer eirmod autem justo ipsum eos facilisi dolores dolores ullamcorper invidunt accusam sit amet.
Sed diam et amet blandit invidunt ex te. Gubergren est sed dolore lorem nonumy velit ea eros stet sed kasd diam vero dolore sit. Velit dolor sea qui sit sed erat at dolore dolore. Est elitr consequat. Ipsum nulla nonumy sit sed labore nonummy ea dolore accusam lorem vulputate. Diam at luptatum blandit est est et lorem amet dolor nulla diam ipsum diam nonumy. In gubergren labore labore est takimata facilisis invidunt et dolores duis sadipscing tempor gubergren no ut sed velit. Accusam wisi sea amet molestie dolores sea ut stet commodo vero.
Sample Output H3
Placerat et in aliquyam justo ipsum nisl. Sit zzril elitr nam. Tempor clita elitr ea elitr invidunt sed dolore dolore eleifend. Sadipscing ipsum et et eos et ut sit molestie lorem aliquam. At labore dolor eirmod tempor vero. Amet et erat kasd stet sit elitr luptatum sanctus eirmod et amet et praesent tempor invidunt et.
Facilisi rebum no elitr duo vero praesent sadipscing dignissim eos amet ipsum sed diam nisl consequat et aliquyam tempor. Accusam rebum labore et stet dolores lorem gubergren invidunt ipsum dolor feugait duo sit invidunt. Diam sadipscing amet dolores aliquyam lorem. Ea kasd diam aliquyam est ipsum dolor. Takimata esse vel et elitr dolor.
Sample Output H4
Dolor et takimata eos sit sit stet erat sanctus eirmod elitr tation. Justo in eos duo elitr lorem et et invidunt lorem nulla labore option vero elitr dolor ut. Enim no autem eum id justo aliquyam in labore sed iriure vero vel consetetur gubergren autem tempor dolor. Ipsum adipiscing dolore eirmod in ea eos et nonumy consectetuer. Erat kasd et gubergren gubergren magna. Amet sadipscing dolore tempor volutpat ea ad amet clita dolore consequat. Amet velit amet vulputate invidunt sed et at sea tincidunt.
Ut lorem sanctus clita amet ipsum facilisis sit aliquyam eirmod veniam est consetetur clita ea et sed amet. Quis amet veniam sit consetetur. Accusam invidunt ea et sanctus ipsum. Sed tincidunt eu dolore feugiat tempor id. Est et enim clita. Takimata sit sea. Est labore stet diam kasd et stet lorem stet sed veniam dolores exerci.
Sample Output H4
Justo no dolor sit dolor et tempor erat qui elitr liber ut amet eirmod justo iriure at sit justo. Et accusam voluptua dolor tempor et sed. Sed aliquyam dolor sanctus et in elitr et sadipscing iriure takimata dolore. Illum clita ipsum et nonumy clita ea exerci ad in lorem elitr in sit commodo dolore sit autem ut. Facer sit dolor ipsum tempor rebum euismod amet justo diam stet accusam eirmod sit gubergren. Sed dolor consequat tempor. Lorem vero no diam tempor. Accusam ad et mazim dolor accusam consetetur vel ut accumsan amet et id. Justo eum rebum sed vel est lorem et dignissim lorem sed ea amet eos dolor duo.
Sed rebum et aliquip ut iriure ea ut sadipscing sadipscing at lorem sed clita ipsum ut amet. Ipsum dolore nibh dolore vel delenit elitr stet ipsum duis est velit nulla sit. Eros nonumy facilisis aliquyam ipsum facilisi qui nulla dolor kasd dolore justo. Eros et et rebum diam in possim dolore consequat at hendrerit sea. Facer wisi blandit no odio aliquam vero feugait qui eos. Tempor sed iusto nostrud sit erat est duis aliquyam eum molestie dolore ea diam. Invidunt dolore imperdiet voluptua rebum sed eos diam dolores lorem diam labore vero diam amet accumsan sed gubergren. Sed ut dolore voluptua magna accusam lorem lorem nihil et ipsum labore et vero quis gubergren dolor dolor in. Duo consectetuer amet lorem feugait eos sit dolor nam labore vel consequat eos at elit. Ut ut ea ut gubergren.